diff --git a/ansible/install/roles/rally/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/install/roles/rally/tasks/main.yml
index 282c981b6..8982a9039 100644
--- a/ansible/install/roles/rally/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/install/roles/rally/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
 
 # Till browbeat code is compatible with novaclient-18.3.0
 # https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-browbeat/+bug/2008235
-- name: Ensure python-novaclient<=17.6.0
+- name: Ensure python-novaclient<18.3.0
   pip:
-    name: 'python-novaclient<=17.6.0'
+    name: 'python-novaclient<18.3.0'
     virtualenv: "{{ rally_venv }}"
 
 - name: Create rally configuration directory
diff --git a/tools-requirements.txt b/tools-requirements.txt
index 7bab4f852..c739c0d6c 100644
--- a/tools-requirements.txt
+++ b/tools-requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ pyrsistent==0.16.0;python_version<'3'
 pyrsistent>=0.17.0;python_version>='3'
 paramiko==2.8.0
 python-manilaclient<=3.0.0
-python-novaclient<=17.6.0
+python-novaclient<18.3.0